HPE Acquiring Cloud Cruiser to Meter Cloud Usage

The deal, announced in a blog entry by Scott Weller, senior vice president of technical services support, would seem a natural fit for HPE’s philosophy of a hybrid IT model that combines the use of public and private clouds and an enterprise’s own data centers. Cloud Cruiser helps an enterprise keep track of how much usage each environment is getting.

SPONSORED

In fact, HPE is already using the startup’s tools to help provide a service called Flexible Capacity, which lets enterprises charge for usage of on-premises data center infrastructure. In other words, an enterprise can offer a pay-as-you-go model internally.

Cloud Cruiser’s other customers include Accenture, KPN, and TD Bank. Its competitors include Cloudyn and Spotinst.

David Zabrowski, the startup’s founder and CEO, is a 16-year veteran of the old Hewlett-Packard Co., where at one point he was general manager of the Enterprise Computer Organization. The acquisition would have him reporting to Weller.

Craig Matsumoto is managing editor at SDxCentral.com, responsible for the site's content and for covering news. He is a "veteran" of the SDN scene, having started covering it way back in 2010, and his background in technology journalism goes back to 1994. Craig is based in Silicon Valley. He can be reached at craig@sdxcentral.com.

New Report: 2017 Network Virtualization Report

2017 Network Virtualization Report is available for free download. This FREE Report provides insight into the maturation of the overall network virtualization and SDN controller market, including the innovations in cloud networking

Free Report: 2017 Container and Cloud Orchestration

2017 Container and Cloud Orchestration Report is available for free download. This Free Report focuses on containers, cloud management, DevOps, orchestration, and automation solutions including key requirements to look for, and a sampling of vendor solutions available today.

Our Latest News In Your Mailbox!

To join our weekly or daily mailing list, and ensure that you are first to know about the latest in SDN and NFV sign up for the SDxCentral site and join our community!

About SDxCentral

Engage With us

This material may not be copied, reproduced, or modified in whole or in part for any purpose except with express written permission from an authorized representative of SDNCentral, LLC. In addition to such written permission to copy, reproduce, or modify this document in whole or part, an acknowledgement of the authors of the document and all applicable portions of the copyright notice must be clearly referenced. All Rights Reserved.